An Excursion to Remember Imaginative Blog Post Writing Assessment: Year 5 is a fun and flexible narrative writing task that invites students to step into the role of a storyteller-blogger. Using a visual prompt, planning template and blog-style writing format, students craft a creative recount of a fictional excursion—developing their imaginative writing skills while exploring tone, structure and voice.

This task supports the key components of imaginative narrative writing, including planning, sequencing, character development, and descriptive language. With a clear structure and engaging format, it offers a fresh twist on traditional narratives by allowing students to write in a blog post style—informal, reflective and full of personality.

The resource includes editable versions of all templates and a rubric aligned with Year 5 Australian Curriculum outcomes, making it easy to tailor the activity to your class and assess students' writing abilities across multiple areas including punctuation, grammar, spelling and editing.

Key Learning Outcomes:

• ✅ Plan, draft and edit an imaginative blog post using a visual prompt
• ✅ Use narrative structure including orientation, complication and resolution
• ✅ Develop voice, perspective and emotion through first-person storytelling
• ✅ Apply punctuation, grammar and spelling conventions accurately
• ✅ Reflect on and refine writing using self-editing and teacher feedback

What’s Included:

• Visual prompt strip (in colour and black-and-white)
• Blog-style planning template
• Blog post writing template for drafting
• Assessment rubric aligned with Year 5 Australian Curriculum outcomes
• Editable versions of all documents for digital use or classroom modification

Materials Needed:

• Printed planning and writing templates
• Pencils, coloured pens or digital devices
• Optional: classroom blog board or digital publishing platform

How to Use:

• Begin with a class discussion to spark ideas based on the visual prompt
• Guide students through the planning template to organise their storyline
• Students write a full imaginative blog post using personal voice, reactions and vivid detail
• Support students as they revise and edit for clarity, cohesion and mechanics
• Use the included rubric to assess student performance across structure, language and conventions

Ideas for Classroom Use:

• 💡 Use as a summative writing assessment during a narrative or recount unit
• 💡 Display final blog posts in a classroom “student blog wall” or compile into a class book
• 💡 Share finished blog posts with families or include in student portfolios for parent interviews

Top Teacher Tips:

• 💛 Model a sample blog post to introduce structure, tone and voice
• 💛 Display a vocabulary word bank or emotion wheel to support descriptive language
• 💛 Encourage peer conferencing to support editing and reflection

An Excursion to Remember Imaginative Blog Post Writing Assessment: Year 5 is a unique and engaging way to inspire student creativity while building essential writing skills and gathering meaningful assessment data.